NUCLEUS
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The M HKA’s contemporary art collection has grown thanks to a combination of acquisitions, donations and long-term loans from various public collections. The historical basis for the collection goes back to the ICC activities (International Cultural Centre) in Antwerp in the 1970s. The M HKA collection continues to grow in the areas of the post-war avant-garde tradition in Antwerp and the wider region in north-western Europe, today's multipolar world, the importance of the 'performative' aspect and social commitment, but also with regard to the nature and role of images today. Here, we present a selection of works from a broad spectrum of different sensitivities, regions, research areas and stories from our collection.
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Human Project: Portrait n...
Kerim Ragimov, Human Project: Portrait n°18, 2000. Painting, oil on canvas, 141 x 210 cm.
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Headcharge Installation
Almagul Menlibayeva, Headcharge Installation, 2007. Installation, 00:12:00 min.
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Portrait of myself
Elly Strik, Portrait of myself, 1998. Painting, paper, oil, lacquer, 300 x 205 cm.
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Les Paroles (III)
Jan Vercruysse, Les Paroles (III), 1994. Sculpture, wood, iron, paint, 130 x 220 x 180 cm.
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Fia Cielen
Fia Cielen: magic and wildness Fia Cielen earned her MFA from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 2008. She currently lives and
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James Turrell
"I feel my work is made for one being, one individual. You could say that's me, but that's not really true. It's for an idealized viewer. Som
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Evgeny Antufiev
Evgeny Antufiev was raised in the Siberian republic of Tuva. Inspired by the region’s lingering traces of shamanic practice, Antufiev crafts
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Guy Mees
Guy Mees (1935-2003) emerges as a painter in Antwerp in the late fifties, when post-war avant-garde art from the US was just beginning to fin
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USEFUL LIFE
M HKA has acquired the complete *USEFUL LIFE* for its collection in 2009, a key exhibition in the development of contemporary art in Shanghai
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The City Collection / De ...
The city of Antwerp started in 2021 with the development of a city collection of contemporary art. The artworks will be given on long-term lo
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JIMMIE DURHAM ENSEMBLE
This ensemble and digital application is an outcome of M HKA’s extensive long-term research in the oeuvre of Jimmie Durham and starts with an
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Vrielynck Collectie
The Robert Vrielynck Collection is one of the few large collections in Belgium that give a picture of the (pre-)history of film. The collecti